SEPT. 8 – For a couple that loves the water, Lindenhurst’s waterside Chateau La Mer was a perfect reception location. However, following their ceremony at Saint Agnes Cathedral in Rockville Centre, L.I., the most nautical touch – the newlywed’s arrival to cocktail hour by yacht – was a near-miss, as they were stranded on the dock for 20 minutes awaiting the captain. “We could see the reception and all we could think was, ‘Let’s get this party started.’ It was torture,” recalls Patricia Casey, director of human resources at Lazar Levine & Felix LLP. Luckily, each other’s company was harbor enough. “It was definitely fate,” Casey explains of meeting Erik Olsen, an operating engineer with the Local 14/14B, on July 4, 2005, in Freeport, L.I. “I truly believe there’s a lid for every pot.”

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* Traditional touches: To represent their nationalities, the couple included an Irish bagpiper and a Norwegian fir tree on the altar.